§ 38-75. Misuse of communications common carrier.

It shall be unlawful for any person within the city to maliciously use any service provided by a communications common carrier with intent to terrorize, frighten, intimidate, threaten, harass, molest or annoy any other person, or to disturb the peace and quiet of any other person by any of the following:

(1)

Threatening physical harm or damage to any person or property in the course of a telephone conversation.

(2)

Falsely and deliberately reporting by telephone or telegraph message that any person has been injured, has suddenly taken ill, has suffered death or has been the victim of a crime or of an accident.

(3)

Deliberately refusing or failing to disengage a connection between a telephone and another telephone or between a telephone and other equipment provided for the transmission of messages by telephone, thereby interfering with any communications service.

(4)

Using any vulgar, indecent, obscene or offensive language or suggesting any lewd or lascivious act in the course of a telephone conversation.

State law reference

Similar provisions, MCL 750.540e.